Whale & Jaguar

Welcome to our new The Exclusive deep dive content about our Latin American ecosystem. We’re giving our registered newsletter users a sneak-peek of these soon-to-be paid for articles. Contxto—Politics, football, and Tesla’s current stock price all have one thing in common with SoftBank—Latin America’s largest foreign investor—; you should never mention them in conversation unless […]

Contxto – We live in an era where it’s commonplace to “copy-paste” anything online without paying or crediting authors. It’s easy enough to do—but comes at a hard price for content creators. But Chilean Sharp Shark is honing in on perpetrators using blockchain tech and fresh funds. Yesterday (21), the startup announced it raised a […]

Contxto – Rappi. There, I said it. And that’s the last time you’ll be reading that word on this article. As much merit as they deserve, so do many other startups in Colombia with much less exposure. You see, the most recognizable, most-successful Colombian startup has almost become a bit of a problem for the northern […]

Contxto – Ethics is a boring word. And yet it’s a critical topic that should be on the mind of anyone in a product development team. Now, this year, it appears that artificial intelligence (AI) is the trending tech among venture capitalists (VCs). So much so, that even SoftBank launched a training program to reap […]

Contxto – After four years of exciting operations, Rockstart Colombia has recently announced its third edition with a new batch of startups.  Part of this year’s Web & Mobile acceleration program is an alliance with its fellow Colombian startup Rappi. Not only that but allegedly Rockstart is the only equity-back accelerator in the world. This […]

Contxto – An AI-powered Reggaeton lyrics generator competing in a startup competition. This has to be the most Latino tech news of the year. Whale and Jaguar is a Colombian startup creating artificial intelligence solutions for brand’s strategic communication. The company is one of the 21 chosen companies to participate in Sónar+D Startup Hub 2019 […]

Contxto – Humans may not be the most intuitive recyclers. No matter how many times you demonstrate how to separate organic from inorganic waste, or even glass from plastic, people seem to forget. Perhaps robots will yield better results. At least that is what Cirsys is trying to accomplish in Peru with IRBin.  Recycling robot […]